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MERROW v. HAWKINS

Nos. S95A1973, S95A1974.

467 S.E.2d 336 (1996)

266 Ga. 390

MERROW v. HAWKINS et al. MERROW v. DAVIS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry L. Readdick, Richard K. Strickland, Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, for Merrow.

J. Robert Morgan, Woodbine, for Hawkins & Davis et al.

THOMPSON, Justice.

We granted an interlocutory appeal in this case of first impression to construe the meaning of the term "actual malice" as it is used in the context of official immunity.1 We hold that in that context, "actual malice" requires a deliberate intention to do wrong.

On June 15, 1991, Merrow, a jailer with the Camden County Sheriff's Department, gave Graham, an inmate and trusty at the Camden County Public Safety...

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